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Table 8 Snowcap - Vegetation Cover - 2016Shadscale Reference AreaRaw DataPercent Ground Cover Based on Point-Intercept SamplingTransect -->1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 12 13 14 15 16 17 18 19 20 21 22 23 24 25 26 27 28 29 30 Grasses and Grass-likesNPAchnatherum hymenoidesIndian Ricegrass2 2 4 4 0.40 0.67 13XAAnisantha tectorumCheatgrass 46 44 24 56 42 54 38 26 29 43 59 40 47 36 38 45 38 55 53 47 61 39 34 50 38 15 22 26 8 18 39.03 65.13 100Nw PAristida purpureaPurple Threeawn2 3 0.17 0.28 7NPElymus elymoidesSquirreltail 3 3 1 2 3 1 1 2 0.53 0.89 27NPHesperostipa comataNeedle and Thread2 14 0.53 0.89 7Nw PHilaria jamesiiGalleta 25 18 22 9 7 10 4 15 12 20 10 13 12 18 10 1 2 6 9 2 17 7 9 4 8.73 14.57 80Nw PSporobolus cryptandrusSand Dropseed1 0.03 0.06 3ForbsIAAlyssum desertorumDesert Madwort2 9 1 10 6 0.93 1.56 17NACamelina microcarpaLittlepod False Flax1 2 1 2 0.20 0.33 13NPCirsium neomexicanumNew Mexico Thistle 1 2 1 6 2 2 4 1 1 0.67 1.11 30XPConvolvulus arvensisField Bindweed4 1 18 3 2 0.93 1.56 17XAHalogeton glomeratus Saltlover2 2 0.13 0.22 7IBLactuca serriolaPrickly Lettuce1 1 0.07 0.11 7IASalsola kaliRussian Thistle4 0.13 0.22 3IASisymbrium altissimumTall Tumblemustard2 1 1 3 0.23 0.39 13NPSphaeralcea coccineaScarlet Globemallow1 2 0.10 0.17 7Sub-ShrubsNPCeratoides lanataWinterfat9 0.30 0.50 3Shrubs & TreesNPAtriplex confertifoliaShadscale Saltbush 4 6 8 3 12 15 3 10 8 4 4 14 2 16 14 17 20 10 26 6.53 10.90 63NPEchinocereus sp.Cactus3 0.10 0.17 3NPOpuntia polyacantha.ricklypear1 0.03 0.06 3NPSarcobatus vermiculatusGreasewood4 0.13 0.22 3Total Plant Cover756957716470615254677558655460695580625673526660 63 35 50 47 28 50Rock 15 22 29 25 19 21 32 30 21 29 10 25 25 19 32 11 30 12 23 25 11 36 23 20 23 44 29 29 36 17 Litter 8 8 6 4 14 8 3 15 16 3 13 5 9 20 7 20 12 8 11 14 13 8 4 13 9 7 15 9 21 9 Bare ground 2 1 8 0 3 1 4 3 9 1 2 12 1 7 1 3 4 5 3 4 7 7 5 14 6 15 15 24 Total Perennial Cover (excluding noxious weeds)2925331422152126242410131718 4 231425 2 7 12103210251819201026Perennial Plant Cover=Annual & Biennial Plant Cover =t =Variance =131.51Noxious Weed Cover =n = 3010/90 nmin =6.30N=Native, Nw=Warm Season, I=Introduced, X=NoxiousA=Annual, B=Biennial, P=Perennial40.101.5718.2710.405.5718.27Sampling Adequacy Calculations1.3124.10Average CoverRelative CoverFreq.Mean59.93CEDAR CREEK ASSOCIATES, Inc. A - 6 <br />Revised 06/19 <br />Snowcap Mine / Roadside Portals - 2017 <br />Phase III Bond Release - Appendix A